Archive for July, 2009

The Sinquefield Charitable Foundation In The News:

Young Guns Battle for the U.S. Chess Championship Title, Slay and Associates

Sinquefield’s Give $1 Million to Mizzou, St. Louis Business Journal

Sinquefields Give MU $1 Million, Columbia Tribune

Genius Among Us Documentary Follows High School Composers, Columbia Missourian

Neurofeedback Retrain Brain Waves, Slay and Associates

About Mizzou’s COMP, University of Missouri

Columbia Civic Orchestra to Premier A Work Commissioned by Orchestra and the Sinquefield Family Foundation, Slay and Associates

Sinquefield Prize for Creating Original Music Draws 52 Entries (2008), Slay and Associates

Scouting Posting Mile Markers Along the Gasconade River, News Tribune

Creating Original Music Blog

Dr. Jeanne C. Sinquefield and Mr. Rex Sinquefield Gift Announcement from Sinquefield Family Foundation!

In March, Rex and Jeanne Sinquefield made a generous $1 million donation to the University of Missouri’s School of Music to create a new composition program and ensemble. The money will fund eight full scholarships, create a new ensemble, allow the School to hire additional faculty and create other opportunities for aspiring composers and musicians. Below is a video from the press conference, held on the MU campus:

Dr. Jeanne C. Sinquefield and Mr. Rex Sinquefield Gift Announcement from Sinquefieldfamilyfoundation on Vimeo.

Creating Original Music Project – Genius Among Us Trailer

In 2008, Randy Sinquefield documented the Creating Original Music Project high school student summer camp, co-hosted by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation and the University of Missouri. His documentary, Genius Among Us, has gone on to win awards and is being shown at film festivals across the country, including the prestigious Lake Arrowhead Film Festival in California. Watch the trailer here: